A prosecutor has requested a special grand jury investigate the fatal Fairfax County Police shooting of an unarmed shoplifting suspect.
One Virginia officer was fired and another placed on restrictive duty after Timothy Johnson, 37, was fatally shot after allegedly shoplifting a pair of sunglasses last month.
The empanelment of the special grand jury in the Johnson case comes after a regular grand jury earlier this month declined to indict the officer who fatally shot Johnson. After the shooting, the body camera video records Shifflett telling another officer he saw Johnson "continually reaching in his waistband" and that he told Johnson, "Let me see your hands." But that command cannot be heard on the video.Caleb Kershner, a lawyer for Shifflett, said Tuesday that he was shocked Descano is presenting the case to a second grand jury.
When the grand jury declined to indict Shifflett earlier this month, it was clear prosecutors had concerns that officers shaded their testimony in a way that weakened the case. Descano issued a statement emphasizing he was not allowed in the room and had no idea what testimony officers gave.
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